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Casualty Info

Home TownStuart, IA

Last AddressStuart, IA

Casualty DateJun 18, 1945

CauseHostile-Body Not Recovered

ReasonOther Explosive Device

LocationSea of Japan

ConflictWorld War II

Location of IntermentCourts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii

Wall/Plot CoordinatesCourt 5 (cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity

USS Bonefish (SS-223) was on a war patrol in the Sea of Japan with two other submarines. Her last communication was during a rendezvous on June 18th. Captured Japanese records indicate that a Japanese vessel was sunk on June 19th and that during an intense counterattack a submarine was sunk with all hands. It is presumed that this was the Bonefish. Gunners Mate Second Class Beck was officially declared dead 15 July 1946.